Disney has announced yet another live-action remake of one of their animated movies, this time with THR reporting that the 1998 animated feature Mulan is next in line; with the script written by Elizabeth Martin and Lauren Hynek. This follows just days after the announcement that Tim Burton will direct the live-action Dumbo remake that was originally announced mid-2014; as well as the …
I think we can all agree that the eigth series of Doctor Who felt like a fresh new take on the Time Lord mythology that had defined the show for five decades. Love or hate it, but Doctor Who was incredibly experimental with its episodes in series 8, giving new Doctor Peter Capaldi the energy needed to not only carry …
The loss of Queen front man Freddy Mercury counts as among the greatest losses in the music world – not a small matter when you consider that list includes names like Jimi Hendrix and Kurt Cobain. Last Updated: March 31, 2015
It may not have been for everybody, but I loved Napoleon Dynamite. It was an obscure movie that made the audience fumble their way through a plot that would have your mind doing doughnuts before you even got a hint of what was happening. Director Jared Hess will not be doing this with his upcoming movie Masterminds though, which may actually be a good …
If there’s one story that has been adapted more times than you can count, it has to be the Chinese tale of Journey To The West. Video games, TV series and various movies have all told the story of a great warrior who traveled west in order to find enlightenment. So what’s one adaptation then? Other than the brief trailer …
An odd thing has been happening with Terminator Genisys. Yes, I still get brain freeze and go all cross-eyed at the horrific spelling of that title, but instead of the initial sense of trepidation and WTF-ness I originally felt for this production, the more I see and hear about the upcoming parallel-quel lately, the more excited I get to see …
Movies these days, need more than just a big screen, digital sound and a floor that is sticky due to what I pray and hope is merely spilled soda. It needs to be bigger! Louder! BIGGER AGAIN! That’s where IMAX comes in. Massive cinemas with screens so big, that they have their own event horizon. We’ve got three such IMAX …
When it comes to the slate of upcoming blockbusters in 2015, the battle for which movie is the most fan-servicing geekiest is a closely contested one between the likes of Avengers: Age of Ultron, Jurassic World, Fantastic Four, Star Wars: The Force Awakens and more. When it comes to which movie is the most outright bonkers, there’s only one clear …
A spooky European village. Properly scary castle mania. Vampires. Werewolves! The only thing more frightening, is a glimpse at your empty bank account when it comes to deciding whether or not you can grab Resident Evil Village this month. Capcom's successor to its long-running survival-horror franchise is finally out, and if you've read our review then you know the game is a winner on multiple levels.
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